Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

6.9/10 134 min Drama Thriller War

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Walter Brennan

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

Jan Horak

Margaret Wycherly

Ludmilla Novotny

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

Boda Novotny

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Reinhard Heydrich

Alexander Granach

Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

Tonio Selwart

Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas

Jonathan Hale

Dedic

Lionel Stander

Banya

Sarah Padden

Mrs. Georgia Dvorak

Edmund MacDonald

Dr. Pillar

Byron Foulger

Bartos

Virginia Farmer

Mrs. Nimitz

Ludwig Donath

Schirmer

George Irving

Neeval

James Bush

Peacock

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